Phantom Detective Vol. 35 No. 1. April 1941
Topics: Pulp, Phantom Detective
Amongst all the books for which the Irish dramatist, poet, and fantasist Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) became deservedly famous, there was one solitary little book of detective stories. The Little Tales Of Smethers And Other Stories is an unjustly forgotten collection of twenty-six mystery and detective short stories by Dunsany, including the much-anthologized mystery story "The Two Bottles Of Relish", with its neat and devastating one-sentence solution at the end. It was first published...
Topics: Mystery, Detective, Crime Stories, Mysteries, Fantasy, Short Stories, Lord Dunsany
Topics: caskey, childers, kean, valdez, send, smith, detective, worm, grace smith, sheriff, detective...
The Spider [v26 #3, April 1942] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) 6 · The Web · The Chief · cl 10 · Slaves of the Ring [ Richard Wentworth (The Spider) ] · Grant Stockbridge (by Norvell W. Page) · n. 61 · The Spider’s Next Case · Anon. · cl 91 · Corpses Pay Dividends [ Doc Turner ] · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss
Topics: The Spider, pulp, fiction, 1942
CONTENTS: Spicy Detective Stories [v16 #2, December 1941] (25¢, pulp) The D.A.’s Daughter! · Wallace Kayton · ss Crimson Comedy [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Homicide Is Hard To Hide [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James A. Lawson · ss Dead Man’s Game · Stan Warner · ss Spicy Detective Stories August 1936, as “Two Hands To Choke” by Colby Quinn Straight From The Feed Box · Bob Leeson · ss Spicy Detective Stories May 1936, as “Murder Money” by Thomas H. Byrnes...
Topics: Pulps, Pulp Magazines, Spicy Detective Stories, Mystery, Detective, Crime Stories
Note: The scan is missing the inside front cover. CONTENTS: Spicy Mystery Stories [v5 #3, July 1937] (25¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by William F. Soare) 4 · 30 Seconds [Dr. Zarkov (Surgeon of Souls)] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 16 · Rain In Dahomey · Carl Moore [pseudonym of Edwin Truett Long] · ss 28 · Prophecy To Kill · Colby Quinn · ss 32 · The Black Thing Walks · Stewart Gates · ss 44 · Corpseless Coffin · Clint Morgan [pseudonym of Edwin Truett Long] · ss; given as by Carl Moore...
Topics: Pulps, Pulp Magazines, Spicy Mystery Stories, Robert Leslie Bellem, E. Hoffmann Price, Edwin Truett...
Dime Mystery Magazine [v5 #1, April 1934 ] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Walter M. Baumhofer) 10 · Unholy Night! · Hugh B. Cave · na 44 · When the Rats Fed · William B. Rainey · ss 54 · The Tongueless Horror · Wyatt Blassingame · nv 72 · The Restless Corpse · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss 82 · Give Me Your Soul! · Mindret Lord · nv 100 · Death Dancers · Arthur Leo Zagat · nv Dime Mystery Magazine (American Fiction Magazines, 1933-1934; Popular,...
Topics: Dime Mystery, 1934, pulp, fiction, crime
CONTENTS: The Armchair Detective [v12 #1, Winter (January) 1979] ed. Allen J. Hubin (The Mysterious Press, 96pp+, quarto, cover caricature of Dr. Fu Manchu by Gahan Wilson) 2 · The Uneasy Chair · [The Editor] · ed 3 · We Tell Stories: A Talk Given At A Monthly MWA Meeting In New York · Pete Hamill · ar 6 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · rc 14 · W. T. Ballard: An Interview [W.T. Ballard] · Stephen Mertz · iv 20 · Lord Peter Views The Telly · J. R. Christopher · ar 28 · The Many...
Topics: Fanzine, Mystery, Detective, Crime Fiction, The Armchair Detective, Allen J. Hubin, Pete Hamill, W....
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Bat Man by Lew Merrill (1936) (2002 Reprint)
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Topics: bat, batman, pulp, detective, black, bats, alice, spicy, dawson, black bat, spicy mystery, mystery...
House Of Darkness - Allan MacKinnon (Dell 237, 1948).
Topics: Mystery, Detective, Crime Stories, Allan MacKinnon, Dell Mapback, Paperback Books
Lady In Peril - Ben Ames Williams (Popular Library 164, 1948). Cover artwork by Rudolph Belarski. Mystery novel which was originally published in hardcover in 1932 by E. P. Dutton & Co., under the title " Money Musk ." "When the director of the Jervis trust vanishes with a fortune in bonds he sets into motion a sequence of danger and death which disrupts the lives of Clint and Clara Jervis, heirs of the estate. It is while they are backstage in the Booth Theater that disaster...
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Topics: Mystery, Detective, Crime Stories, Crime Fiction, Vintage Papeback, Ben Ames Williams, Rudolph...
True Detective Mysteries Vol. X, No. 3. December 1928
Topics: true crime magazine, Louis Lively, Jones-Lewis Gang, E. A. Hutchings, Big Hutch Case, Albert Cody,...
Crime Illustrated v01n01 [1955-12].
Topics: Magazine, Periodical, Comic Books, Comic Art, Mystery, Suspense, Crime Stories, Picto-Fiction, EC...
CONTENTS: The Thrill Book [v1 #2, March 15, 1919] (10¢, 48pp+, quarto) 1 · The Web Of Death · Clare Douglas Stuart · ss 5 · Miladi · Charles Kiproy · pm 6 · A Hooting, Tooting Son-Of-A-Gun · Howard Dwight Smiley · ss 24 · In the Shadows Of Race [Part 2 of 3] · J. Hampton Bishop · nv 33 · The Miser’s Stratagem · Isra Putnam · vi 33 · The Broken Idol · Isra Putnam · vi 34 · The Jeweled Ibis [Part 2 of 2] · J. C. Kofoed · nv 43 · My Lovely · Albert Owens · pm
Topics: Pulp, Pulp Magazine, The Thrill Book, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Westerns
True Detective v65n02 (1956-06.TDPC)
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Topics: acosta, beaucaire, engerson, sheriff, nelson, mary, krull, detectives, mary alice, true detective,...
The Phantom Detective [v9 #1, February 1935] (10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto) 14 · The House of Murders [ Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective) ] · Robert Wallace (by D. L. Champion) · na 76 · True Phantom Facts · Anon. · ia 78 · Masked Faces · Norman A. Daniels · ss 94 · Baffling Bluff · Alfred I. Tooke · ss 101 · Death, the Champ · George McNeil · ss 111 · Death Arrow · Ray Cummings · ss 124 · The Phantom Speaks · [The Editor] · cl
Topics: The Phantom Detective, pulp, fiction, 1935
The Haunted Dancers is an anthology of twelve ghost stories which was edited by Charles Birkin. It was first published in paperback in London in 1965 by Tandem under the title The Tandem Book Of Ghost Stories . This retitled Paperback Library edition from June 1967 marked its first appearance in America. CONTENTS: The Haunted Dancers ed. Charles Birkin (Paperback Library 52-472, June 1967, 50¢, 159pp, pb) Reprint (Tandem Books 1965 as The Tandem Book Of Ghost Stories ) anthology. 7 ·...
Topics: Horror, Supernatural, Ghost Stories, Anthology, Charles Birkin, Victor Kalin, M. F. K. Fisher, P....
5 Detective Novels Magazine [v1 #1, November 1949 ] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 25¢, 148pp, pulp) 6 · On the Docket · Anon. · cl 11 · The Murder Bridge · George Harmon Coxe · na Thrilling Detective Feb 1935 39 · Too Tough to Die [ Red Lacey ] · George Bruce · nv Popular Detective Jul 1935 62 · A Portrait of Alexander Hamilton · Ray Cummings · ar 68 · Murder in Mexico · Steve Fisher · nv Thrilling Detective May 1938 90 · The Hooded Killer · Paul Ernst · na Thrilling Detective...
Topics: 5 Detective Novels, pulp, fiction, crime, 1949
TV Crimebusters (1962) .
Topics: Television, Television Series, Mystery, Detective, Espionage, Crime Stories, Children's Books,...
Facsimile reprint of the July 1937 issue of the pulp magazine Spicy Mystery Stories , minus the ads. CONTENTS [ NOTE : The contents lists for this single issue reprint comes from The FictionMags Index at philsp.com and refers to the original pulp issue, not this Odyssey reprint. Because the advertising matter was deleted from the reprint, the pagination differs.]: Spicy Mystery Stories [v3 #3, July 1936] (25¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by H. J. Ward) 4 · The Devil’s Mistress · Charles A. Baker,...
Topics: Pulps, Pulp Magazines, Spicy Mystery Stories, E. Hoffmann Price, Robert Leslie Bellem, Hugh B....
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine (US) v01n01 [1966-03].
Topics: Pulps, Pulp Magazines, Mystery Digests, Edgar Wallace, H. P. Lovecraft, Fredric Brown, Craig Rice,...
Dime Detective Magazine [Vol. 3 No. 3, September 1932] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by William Reusswig) 6 · The Red Venom · T. T. Flynn · na 46 · Lead Pearls [ Jack Cardigan ] · Frederick Nebel · ss 64 · The Hunched Horror [ Collin Windsor ] · Westmoreland Gray · nv 88 · Eyes of the Dead [ Horatio Humberton ] · J. Paul Suter · nv 115 · House of Fiends · Paul Ellsworth Triem · ss 123 · It Might Have Been · [The Editor] · ed 123 · Picture and Profile...
Topics: Dime Detective, 1932, pulp, fiction, crime
London Mystery Magazine #003 v01n03 [1950-04 & 05].
Topics: Magazine, Periodical, Mystery, Detective, Crime Stories, London Mystery Selection, The London...
Detective Book Magazine [v3 #9, Fall 1941] Fiction House. (20¢, pulp) 3 · The Blonde Died First [ Jim Steele ] · Dana Chambers · n. The Dial Press 1941 79 · The Killer Frame · Paul Selonke · ss 87 · Hell Fog [ Steve Koski ] · Stewart Sterling · ss 98 · Murder—C.O.D. · Nelson S. Bond · ss 104 · Blackmail Moll [ Tay Brett ] · Ted Copp · nv Black Aces Jul 1932 , as “The Frisco Kill” No copyright renewals found in CCE or registered works database
Topics: Detective Book, Pulp, Mystery
Dime Detective Magazine [v68 #4, June 1953] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Subtitled “Combined with Detective Fiction Magazine”. Cash Wale’s Second Massacre! [ Cash Wale ] · Peter Paige · nv Toast the Poison Princess! · D. L. Champion · nv Detective Tales Aug 1945 "—And Hope to Die!" · Johanas L. Bouma · nv —Time to Kill— · Fletcher Flora · ss Last Warning! · Grover Brinkman · ss Dope in the Dark · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss...
Topics: Dime Detective, pulp, fiction, crime, 1953
Mammoth Mystery was the second mystery-detective pulp magazine published by Ziff-Davis, appearing three years after Mammoth Detective . It weighed in initially with a massive 274 pages per issue but was hit by the paper shortages during the war and shrank to 178 pages. This was the magazine's eleventh and final issue. An October 1947 issue was announced but never published. CONTENTS: Mammoth Mystery [v3 #4, August 1947] ed. Raymond A. Palmer (Ziff-Davis Publishing, 25¢, 180pp, pulp) fc. ·...
Topics: Pulp, Pulp Magazine, Mystery Stories, Detective Stories, Mammoth Mystery, William P. McGivern, Paul...
Dime Detective Magazine [Vol. 9 No. 2, December 1, 1933] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by William Reusswig) 8 · Blood on the Curtain [ Marty Day ; The Reckoner ] · Carroll John Daly · nv 48 · Winking Death · Allan Vaughan Elston · nv 73 · Red Dollars [ Jerry Prince (Prince of Thieves) ] · T. T. Flynn · nv 113 · Wrapped for Murder · Oscar Schisgall · ss 124 · The “Clue” Story · [The Editor] · ms 124 · Picture and Profile · [uncredited] · bg [Ref....
Topics: Dime Detective, 1933, pulp, fiction, crime
During the mid-1970s, DC Comics published an "atmospheric interpretation" of the character by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Michael Kaluta in a 12-issue series (Nov. 1973 – Sept. 1975) attempting to be faithful to both the pulp-magazine character and radio-drama character. Kaluta drew issues 1–4 and 6 and was followed by Frank Robbins and then E. R. Cruz. Fellow pulp fiction hero the Avenger guest-starred in issue #11.
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Topics: The Shadow, DC, Comics, Comic, Pulp
CONTENTS: The Spider [v2 #3, April 1934] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by John Howitt) 6 · The Serpent Of Destruction [Richard Wentworth (The Spider)] · Grant Stockbridge (by Norvell W. Page) · n. 95 · Deadlock [Doc Turner] · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss 107 · The Death Yacht · George A. Starbird · ss
Topics: Pulps, Pulp Magazines, The Spider, John Howitt, Grant Stockbridge, Norvell W. Page, Arthur Leo...
Super Detective Library #065 [1955] (Sherlock Holmes Solves The Mystery Of The Red-Headed League And The Case Of The Greek Interpreter). Scan of facsimile. Super Detective Library was a digest sized, 68 page British comic with painted covers and black and white interiors that ran from 1953 to 1960 and appeared twice a month. It featured a rotating roster of detective and science fiction stories from English, Canadian and American artists and writers, and an artistic and writing style that you...
Topics: Magazine, Periodical, Comic Books, British Comics, Mystery, Detective, Crime Stories,...
Facsimile reprint of the October 1936 issue of the pulp magazine Mystery Adventure Magazine , minus the ads. CONTENTS: Mystery Adventure Magazine [v4 #2, October 1936] (Fiction Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 132pp, cover by Norman Saunders) 12 · Tomorrow They Die · Wayne Rogers · nv 35 · Angels Of Oorn [Zenith Rand, Planet Vigilante] · Richard Tooker · nv 54 · Recompense · Roybert de Grasse · vi 57 · The Viking’s Last Ride · H. M. Owen · ss 71 · Clean-Up · Herbert E. Smith · ss 84 ·...
Topics: Pulps, Pulp Magazines, Mystery Adventure Magazine, Mystery, Adventure, Crime Stories, Science...
The Spider [v21 #3, August 1940] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp) 4 · Trojan Horse of Crime · [The Editor] · ed 6 · Pirates from Hell [ Richard Wentworth (The Spider) ] · Grant Stockbridge (by Norvell W. Page) · n. 63 · The Spider’s Next Case · Anon. · cl 90 · The Web · The Chief · cl 92 · Murder’s One-Man Show [ Ed Race (The Masked Marksman) ] · Emile C. Tepperman · nv
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Topics: The Spider, pulp, fiction, 1940
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine v01n01 [1964-08].
Topics: Pulps, Pulp Magazines, Mystery Digests, Mystery, Detective, Crime Stories, Edgar Wallace
CONTENTS: The Armchair Detective [v18 #4, Fall 1985] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $6.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: photo of actor Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes) 338 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed 340 · An Interview With Jeremy Brett · Rosemary Herbert · iv 351 · The Last Of The Golden Age Writers: Gladys Mitchell, 1901-1983 · William A. S. Serjeant · ar [Ref. Gladys Mitchell] 361 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · br 364 · Justice On The Reservation: Tony...
Topics: Fanzine, Mystery, Detective, Crime Fiction, The Armchair Detective, Allen J. Hubin, Jacques Barzun,...
True Detective Mysteries Vol. XIII, No. 3. June 1930 Publisher: New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., Dunellen, NJ Pages 113-114 were missing from the source copy.
Topics: true crime magazine, James Howard Snook, Cañon City Jailbreak, Rose Sarlo, Eugene Bassett, Kid...
From 1989 to 1992, DC published a new Shadow series, The Shadow Strikes!, written by Gerard Jones and Eduardo Barreto. This series was set in the 1930s and returned The Shadow to his pulp origins. During its run, it featured The Shadow's first team-up with Doc Savage, another popular hero of the pulp magazine era. The two characters appeared together in a four-issue story that crossed back and forth between each character's DC comic series. The Shadow Strikes often led The Shadow into...
Topics: The Shadow Strikes, DC Comics, Comic, Pulp
The Executioner Mystery Magazine v01n07 [1975-08]. The first three issues of this short-lived mystery digest were titled " Don Pendleton's The Executioner Mystery Magazine ." The final issue from August 1975 was retitled simply " The Executioner Mystery Magazine ." Despite the title, the magazine had no connection to the character created and made popular by Don Pendleton in his series of paperback books on "The Executioner" and featured all new stories in a...
Topics: Pulps, Pulp Magazines, Mystery, Crime Fiction, Mystery Digests
True Detective Mysteries Vol. III, No. 4. July 1925 Publisher: New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., Jamaica, NY
Topics: true crime magazine, Frank Nounan, Thomas M. Tatum, Neil Jennings, Jack Milburn, Eustache Rops, Eli...
Super Detective Library #038 [1954] (The Saint Plays The Joker). Super Detective Library was a digest sized, 68 page British comic with painted covers and black and white interiors that ran from 1953 to 1960 and appeared twice a month. It featured a rotating roster of detective and science fiction stories from English, Canadian and American artists and writers, and an artistic and writing style that you don’t see anymore. Most issues contained original stories and art, however they would from...
Topics: Magazine, Periodical, Comic Books, British Comics, Mystery, Detective, Crime Fiction,...
Created as a companion magazine to the British Argosy magazine, Suspense published many original stories by crime writers of the first rank. It lasted for 32 issues (August 1958 to April 1961) before being absorbed into its parent magazine. CONTENTS: Suspense (UK) [v1 #1, August 1958] (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 160pp, digest) 2 · Murderer’s Eye · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post March 2, 1957 14 · Red For Danger · Berkely Mather · ss 28 · Safe! · Michael Gilbert ·...
Topics: Pulp, Pulp Magazine, Mystery Digest, Mystery Stories, Detective Stories, Gerald Kersh, Agatha...
Startling Detective Adventures Vol. 5, No. 26. July 1930 Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc., Louisville, KY.
Topics: true crime magazine, pulp magazine, crime fiction, Walburga Oesterreich, Dolly Oesterreich, Angela...
Black Mask [v27 #2, September 1945] ed. K. S. White (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Gloria Stoll) 10 · Dead Man’s Diary [ Mike Shayne ] · Brett Halliday · nv 49 · Heir in the Air [ Mike O’Hanna ] · Dale Clark · nv 62 · Alcoholics Calamitous [ Cellini Smith ] · Robert Reeves · nv 80 · Over My Dead Booty [ Ben Corbett ] · Julius Long · nv 6 · Lifting the November Black Mask · Anon. · ms 6 · Can You Stick to Your Guns? · Julius Long · qz
Topics: Pulp, Magazine, Black Mask, Mystery
True Detective Mysteries Vol. XIII, No. 7. October 1930 Publisher: New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., Dunellen, NJ
Topics: true crime magazine, Fred Burke, Arnold Rothstein, John Hays Hammond Jr., Clara Phillips, William...
New Detective Magazine [v13 #5, November 1949] (25¢, pulp) Mislabelled v13 #5 instead of v13 #4 or v14 #1. 10 · Some Call It Murder · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 26 · Two Can Die · Day Keene · ss 38 · I.O.U.—One Grave [ Edward Gates ] · Dean Evans · nv 57 · Dying Room Only · D. L. Champion · ss 66 · Half Past Mayhem · John D. MacDonald · nv 96 · The Devil’s Highway · Jim Bosworth · ss 110 · Dead Men Talk · Ernest C. Amaral · ss 114 · Wrong Way Corpse · Richard E....
Topics: New Detective, crime, pulp, fiction
Suspense Magazine 001 [circa 1953] (UK).
Topics: Comics, Comic Books, British Comics, Horror, Suspense, Supernatural, Ghosts
Following the successful launch of Manhunt , the publishers launched a similar magazine as Verdict but it never made a mark in a crowded market and folded after only 4 issues, The same publishers tried again three years later but, again, the magazine folded after a brief run. CONTENTS: Verdict [v1 #4, September 1953] (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) 1 · Three O’Clock · William Irish · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 1, 1938, as by Cornell Woolrich 25 · Dead Man · James...
Topics: Pulp, Pulp Magazine, Mystery Digest, Mystery Stories, William Irish, Cornell Woolrich, James M....
True Detective Mysteries Vol. XII, No. 3. December 1929 Publisher: New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., Dunellen, NJ
Topics: true crime magazine, William Edward Hickman, James E. Davis, Mary Chenoweth, Charles W. Dullea,...
Dime Detective Magazine [v66 #1, August 1951] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 6 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc 12 · A Dash of Pepper · Skippy Adelman · vi 14 · Death Runs in the Family · John D. MacDonald · ss 31 · The October Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms 32 · Wine, Women and Corpses · Hank Napheys · ss 43 · Occupational Hazard · Johanas L. Bouma · ss 49 · Trigger Triangle · Don James · ss 57 · The Brute · R. Van Taylor · ss...
Topics: Dime Detective, pulp, crime, fiction
True Detective Mysteries Vol. XII, No. 2. November 1929 Publisher: New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., Dunellen, NJ
Topics: true crime magazine, Charles H. Tuttle, Frances St. John Smith, Johnnie Green, Leighton Mount,...
Crimefile No 1 - Dennis Wheatley - File on Bolitho Blane (1936)
Topics: File on Bolitho Blane, pulp, fiction, Dennis Wheatley
(Ace D-373) The Knave Of Diamonds - Jack Karney (1959). The Knave Of Diamonds is now in the public domain - no record of copyright renewal was found in the Library of Congress Catalog Of Copyright Entries (CCE).
Topics: Mystery, Detective, Ace Books, Jack Karney
New Detective Magazine started in 1941 promising “the NEWest in Crime Fiction”, and carried the standard fare of crime stories, with emphasis on police detectives, by some of the most popular authors. It ran for 73 issues and was then, in August 1953, merged with Detective Tales to form Fifteen Detective Stories . This was originally launched as a new magazine with the August 1953 issue, but with its second issue picked up the volume numbering of New Detective Magazine . However, it only...
Topics: Mystery Magazines, Mystery, Detective, Mystery Pulps, Pulps, Pulp Magazines
Avon Murder Mystery Monthly No. 41. The Metal Monster. By A. Merritt (New York: Avon Book Company, 1946) (203, [1] pages) (Cover art by Paul Stahr) The Metal Monster is a fantasy novel by Abraham Merritt. It was first serialized in Argosy All-Story Weekly in eight parts from August 7, 1920 to September 25, 1920 and features the return of Dr. Goodwin who first appeared in The Moon Pool . Three versions of the story exist, the first being the original magazine serialization. The second version is...
Topics: Pulps, Pulp Magazines, Avon Murder Mystery Monthly, Science Fiction, Fantasy, A. Merritt
Dime Detective Magazine [v10 #2, February 1, 1934] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by John Howitt) 10 · Skeleton Without Arms [ Clay “Oke” Oakley ; Secrets, Inc. ] · Frederick C. Davis · nv 47 · Shoes for the Dead [ Horatio Humberton ] · J. Paul Suter · nv 73 · The Faceless Horror · J. J. des Ormeaux · nv 100 · Murder Aisle · Oscar Schisgall · nv 124 · Spice of Life · [The Editor] · ed Dime Detective Magazine (Popular, 1931-1953; issues renewed from...
Topics: Dime Detective, 1934, pulp, fiction, crime
True Detective Mysteries Vol. XIII, No. 5. August 1930 Publisher: New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., Dunellen, NJ
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Topics: true crime magazine, Frank Silsby, Julia McDonald, Yee Kong, Charles Birger, Leopold-Loeb, Willie...
Manhunt [Vol. 1 No. 5, May 1953] ed. John McCloud (35¢, 144pp, digest) 1 · The Guilty Ones [ Lew Archer ] · John Ross Macdonald · nv 22 · Services Rendered · Jonathan Craig · ss 32 · Crime Cavalcade · Vincent H. Gaddis · cl 35 · Stakeout · Robert Patrick Wilmot · ss 46 · Graveyard Shift · Steve Frazee · ss 58 · Now Die in It [ Matt Cordell (aka Curt Cannon) ] · Evan Hunter · nv 83 · Portrait of a Killer No. 1—Warren Lincoln · Dan Sontup · cl 85 · Cigarette Girl · James...
Topics: Manhunt, pulp, magazine, crime, 1953
CONTENTS: Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v21, #114, May 1953] ed. Ellery Queen (American Mercury, 35¢, 144pp+, digest) Starting with this issue, Black Mask Detective Magazine is merged into Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine . fc. · [photo] · Anon. · cv 3 · It Takes A Thief · Arthur Miller · ss Collier’s February 8, 1947 9 · Blood-Brothers [Baron von Genthner] · Quentin Reynolds · ss Collier’s February 15, 1936, as "The Man Who Hated Music" 18 · Unbreakable Alibi...
Topics: Pulps, Pulp Magazines, Mystery, Detective, Crime Stories, Mystery Digests
Crime Illustrated v01n02 [1956-04].
Topics: Magazine, Periodical, Comic Books, Comic Art, Mystery, Suspense, Crime Stories, Picto-Fiction, EC...
True Detective Mysteries Vol. VIII, No. 3. December 1927 Publisher: New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., Jamaica, NY
Topics: true crime magazine, fiction, Eddie Guerin
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Topics: eyes, dime, mystery, enden, face, stood, cameron, stewart, dime mystery, kelland, dread desire,...
Super Detective Library #003 [1935-03] ("Bulldog Drummond" by "Sapper' [H. C. McNeile]).
Topics: Magazine, Periodical, Comic Books, British Comics, Mystery, Detective, Crime Fiction, Crime...
True Detective Mysteries Vol. XII, No. 4. January 1930 Publisher: New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., Dunellen, NJ
Topics: true crime magazine, Theora Hix, James H. Snook, Grace Roberts, Frank Fotte, Bill Jackson, William...
True Detective Mysteries Vol. XIII, No. 2. May 1930 Publisher: New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., Dunellen, NJ
Topics: true crime magazine, Frank Sislby, Jim Byrnes, William Crowley, scopolamine, Harvey Crippen, Tom...
This issue had originally been scanned in 2015 from a coverless copy. Here's a complete cover-to-cover scan, with restored covers added. CONTENTS: Scientific Detective Monthly [v1 #3, March 1930] (25¢, 96pp+, large pulp, cover by Jno Ruger) 199 · Science And The Criminal Mind · Hugo Gernsback · ed 200 · The Seismograph Adventure [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · nv Cosmopolitan Magazine April 1911 208 · The Power Ray · Jack Barnette · nv 216 · The Robot Terror · Melbourne Huff...
Topics: Pulps, Pulp Magazines, Science Fiction, Mystery, Detective, Crime Stories, Scientific Detective...
Super Detective Library #102 [n.d.] (Lesley Shane And The House Of Mystery). Super Detective Library was a digest sized, 68 page British comic with painted covers and black and white interiors that ran from 1953 to 1960 and appeared twice a month. It featured a rotating roster of detective and science fiction stories from English, Canadian and American artists and writers, and an artistic and writing style that you don’t see anymore. Most issues contained original stories and art, however...
Topics: Magazine, Periodical, Comic Books, British Comics, Mystery, Detective, Crime Stories,...
True Detective Mysteries Vol. XIII, No. 6. September 1930 Publisher: New Metropolitan Fiction, Inc., Dunellen, NJ
Topics: true crime magazine, William Desmond Taylor, black hand, Irene Schroeder, Carolyn Wells, Frank...
Complete cover-to-cover scan. CONTENTS: Scientific Detective Monthly [v1 #4, April 1930] (25¢, 96pp+, large pulp, cover by Paul) 294 · The Terror In The Air [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Cosmopolitan August 1911 300 · The Invisible Master [Sgt. Wade] · Edmond Hamilton · nv 314 · The Hammering Man [Luther Trant] · Edwin Balmer & William B. MacHarg · ss Hampton’s Magazine May 1910 323 · A Denizen Of The Underworld · Walter Kateley · ss 330 · Black Light · Henry...
Topics: Pulps, Pulp Magazines, Science Fiction, Mystery, Detective, Crime Stories, Scientific Detective...
During the mid-1970s, DC Comics published an "atmospheric interpretation" of the character by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Michael Kaluta in a 12-issue series (Nov. 1973 – Sept. 1975) attempting to be faithful to both the pulp-magazine character and radio-drama character. Kaluta drew issues 1–4 and 6 and was followed by Frank Robbins and then E. R. Cruz. Fellow pulp fiction hero the Avenger guest-starred in issue #11.
Topics: The Shadow, DC, Comics, Cover to Cover
Dime Detective Magazine [v44 #2, January 1944] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) 6 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc 6 · The February Thrill Docket · [Editor] · cl 8 · The Affair of the Pharmacist’s Fudge [ Dean Wardlow Rock (The Dean) ] · Merle Constiner · nv 35 · The Flyin’ Icebox [ Colonel Stephen Kaspir ] · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss 46 · Sing for Your Shroud [ “Plates” O’Rion ] · Dale Clark · nv 62 · The Doctor’s Treatment [ Doc Pierce ] · Richard...
Topics: Dime Detective, pulp, fiction, 1944
Confidential Detective Cases v10n06 (1960-04.Detective House)
Topics: detective, augie, confidential, coupon, mildred, spark, bergen, mail, mehallick, detective cases,...
Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine v01n02 [1964-09].
Topics: Pulps, Pulp Magazines, Mystery Digests, Mystery, Detective, Crime Stories, Edgar Wallace
Reprints the first four volumes of the Sexton Blake Library from 1915, with an 11-page introduction by Norman Wright. Note: Some text is missing along the right edge of the scan of page 9 of the introduction. Contains: The Yellow Tiger, Ill-Gotten Gains, The Shadow Of His Crime, The Rajah's Revenge, plus b/w comic strip The League of Crime (reprinted from The Knockout Annual 1956 ). 290 pages.
Topics: Pulp, Pulp Magazine, Magazine, Periodical, The Sexton Blake Library, Mystery, Detective, Crime...
New Detective Magazine [v8 #4, July 1946] (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, pulp) 6 · It’s Been a Long, Long Crime · Thorne Lee · na 24 · Slow Slay · Robert C. Dennis · ss 32 · Dead Man’s Roll · James A. Kirch · nv 43 · Burning Issue · Ted Stratton · ss 48 · The Corpse Came Late · Jack Bradley · ss 53 · It’s a Wise Cadaver · David Goodis · ss 56 · Dressed to Kill · Dean Owen · ss 62 · Strange Trails to Murder · Lee · ia 64 · Solving Cipher Secrets · M. E. Ohaver · cl 68...
Topics: New Detective, pulp, fiction, crime, 1946
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